diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/custom-gcc/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/custom-gcc/article.sgml
index 31b9dfc643..dff8c716d6 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/custom-gcc/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/custom-gcc/article.sgml
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
 	appropriately):</para>
 
       <programlisting>.if !empty(.CURDIR:M/usr/ports/*) && exists(/usr/local/bin/gcc44)
-USE_GCC=4.4
+CC=gcc44
+CXX=g++44
 CPP=cpp44
 .endif</programlisting>
 
@@ -168,7 +169,8 @@ libstdc++.so.6  gcc44/libstdc++.so.6</programlisting>
 	example:</para>
 
       <programlisting>.if !empty(.CURDIR:M/usr/ports/*) && exists(/usr/local/bin/gcc44)
-USE_GCC=4.4
+CC=gcc44
+CXX=g++44
 CPP=cpp44
 CFLAGS+=-mssse3
 .endif</programlisting>
@@ -191,7 +193,9 @@ CFLAGS+=-mssse3
 
       <programlisting>.if !empty(.CURDIR:M/usr/ports/*) && exists(/usr/local/bin/gcc44)
 .if empty(.CURDIR:M/usr/ports/net/openldap*)
-USE_GCC=4.X
+CC=gcc44
+CXX=g++44
+CPP=cpp44
 .endif
 .endif</programlisting>